Anthony Lollar, 17, throws out the first pitch during opening ceremonies Friday night for the Bartow Dixie Baseball League. Lollar, who played eight years in the league, is in the U.S. Army and will be deployed overseas on July 22. Catching is his younger brother Owen Lollar, 11.

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW

Eddie Barnett, the national director of the Dixie Baseball league came to Barrtow Friday night for the 2013 opening ceremonies. He gave the league a plaque -- the first ever issued -- for hosting the World Series last August. Accepting the plaque is President Jennie Walker.

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